Necktie clasp



July 24, 1956 ASHWQRTH 2,755,529

NECKTIE CLASP Filed Feb. 9, 1955 Z4 4 w A fizz weir j ild/ /2400/27%bow, W

NECK'HE CLASP Fred N. Ashworth, Quincy, Mass.

Application February 9, 1955, Serial No. 487,943

3 Claims. (Cl. 2449) This invention relates to devices for fastening thelower portion of a four-in-hand necktie to the shirt of the wearer, andmore particularly to structural improvements in a necktie holderdescribed and illustrated in United States Patent No. 2,150,351.According to the present invention, a clasp or holder is provided whichis fully as etfective as the one described in the patent but which isconsiderably simpler and easier to make as will be apparent from thefollowing description of an embodiment of the invention illustrated onthe drawing, of which Figure l is an exploded perspective view of thedevice embodying the invention;

Figures 2 and 3 are sections on the lines 2-2 and 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a plan view, on a larger scale, of the assembled device;

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Figure 4; and

Figure 6 is a section on the line 66 of Figure 5.

The device shown on the drawing comprises a rod 10 having a length aboutequal to the width of the rear part of a tied four-in-hand necktie, say,2 inches. At each end of the rod It is secured a knob 12 which may beany convenient shape such as the cylinders shown on the drawing. Eachknob 12 has a recess therein which is of stepped cylindrical shape withthree portions 14, 16 and 18 of successively smaller diameters. Thesmallest portion 18 may be screw-threaded for engagement with a threadedend portion 24 of the rod 10.

Secured to n e rod it) are two spurs 22 each of which may convenientlybe a sharply pointed end portion of a coil 24 of spring wire surroundingpart of the rod 19. The other end portion of each coil is secured bysolder or otherwise in the middle sized part 16 of the recess in one ofthe knobs 32. The turns of each coil adjacent to the spur ends 22 arespaced from the surface of the rod 10 2,755,529 iatented July 24, 1956so that when the rod is rotated while the front part of a tied necktieis pressed against it, the spurs 22 will move in circular paths into theadjacent part of the necktie and then out of the tie at other points toanchor the front part of the tie to the rod 10.

Associated with the rod It? is a clamp consisting of a substantiallyrigid strip 26 of metal or other suitable material from the centralportion of which an elongated tongue 28 is struck up extendinglongitudinally with respect to the strip so as to clamp the rear portionof a tied necktie between itself and the strip.

The ends 30 of the strip are of reduced width and are bent tobetransversely arcuate so as to fit loosely in the clearance between thecoil 24 and the wall of the portion 14 of the recess in one of the knobs12. This arrangement permits ready relative rotation between the rod it)and the clamp 26.

In using the device, the rear part of the necktie is clamped to theshirt by the clamp 26. The front part of the tie is then pressed againstthe rod 10 which is rotated by manipulation of one of the knobs 12 untilthe spurs 22 catch on the front part of the tie and hold it until it islater released by rotation of the rod in the reverse direction.

I claim:

1. A necktie clasp comprising two knobs each having a recess therein, arod each end of which extends into the center of the recess in one ofsaid knobs and is secured in the knob, an elongated strip having endportions loosely disposed in said recesses for relative rotation of saidrod and strip, means on said strip for clamping said device on a part ofa necktie, and arcuate spurs secured to said rod and extending in arcssubstantially concentric with the axis of the rod, said spurs eachhaving a pointed end movable to enter a part of a necktie when the rodis rotated.

2. A necktie clasp as in claim 1, the clamping means on said strip beinga longitudinally extending tongue struck up therefrom to grip a necktieinserted between it and the other portion of the strip.

3. A necktie clasp as in claim 1, said strip having end portions bent toa transverseiy arcuate shape whereby to fit in the clearances betweensaid rod and the walls of said recesses.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS

